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GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 vs GeForce GT 640 DDR3
IntroThe GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 makes use of a 55 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 550 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM runs at a speed of 800 MHz on this model. It features 32 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 8 ROPs.Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 640 DDR3, which comes with a core clock speed of 900 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1782 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthThe GeForce GT 640 DDR3 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3 overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GT 640 DDR3 is much (approximately 227%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 9500 GT 1GB GDDR3. (explain)
Pixel RateIf using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GT 640 DDR3 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)
Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit. Price Comparison
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Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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